Mercedes W15

[Luscion]

[F1Krof]

Also the sidepods does not seem to appear of having a lower leading lip. Instead it is just a -P- sidepod with parallel lips.

[Matt2725]

Mercedes have history with clearing new ideas with the FIA before implementation.

I can't see why they wouldn't have done the same here and it given the green light.

Sure they do.
https://d3cm515ijfiu6w.cloudfront.net/w ... anetf1.jpg

FIA gave those the green light, then changed their mind. Then made them legal the year after.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GGTK5sSXoAA ... name=small

That's really an open mockery of the front wing rules...

Some would call it clever. But I guess it depends what team you support as to whether it's genius or not.

[Cs98]

Mercedes have history with clearing new ideas with the FIA before implementation.

I can't see why they wouldn't have done the same here and it given the green light.

Sure they do.
https://d3cm515ijfiu6w.cloudfront.net/w ... anetf1.jpg

FIA gave those the green light, then changed their mind. Then made them legal the year after.

Because these things are not set in stone always. The FIA may give you a tentative "there's nothing 100% obviously illegal here" and then change their minds when other teams start protesting and giving their interpretation of the rules. Much of F1 is about teams policing each other's solutions. So clearing the FIA bar is just the first step of bringing a grey area part to the track.

[dren]

I can see these getting TD'd to oblivion very quickly.

[NoDivergence]

Sure they do.
https://d3cm515ijfiu6w.cloudfront.net/w ... anetf1.jpg

FIA gave those the green light, then changed their mind. Then made them legal the year after.

Because these things are not set in stone always. The FIA may give you a tentative "there's nothing 100% obviously illegal here" and then change their minds when other teams start protesting and giving their interpretation of the rules. Much of F1 is about teams policing each other's solutions. So clearing the FIA bar is just the first step of bringing a grey area part to the track.

Remember DAS? It flew.

This isn't a grey area. This follows the rules exactly to the letter as spelled. It's exactly the same interpretation as legality panels.

Intent should play no role in these questions, you make the ruleset correctly or you ban it the next year

[Matt2725]

Sure they do.
https://d3cm515ijfiu6w.cloudfront.net/w ... anetf1.jpg

FIA gave those the green light, then changed their mind. Then made them legal the year after.

Because these things are not set in stone always. The FIA may give you a tentative "there's nothing 100% obviously illegal here" and then change their minds when other teams start protesting and giving their interpretation of the rules. Much of F1 is about teams policing each other's solutions. So clearing the FIA bar is just the first step of bringing a grey area part to the track.

I don't see them in a period of cost caps, taking that risk, financially alone.

[NoDivergence]

This is the most unique car on the grid and it looks like an actual racecar compared to last year's forward cockpit chassis.

Hope they can put on performance fast

[Cs98]

FIA gave those the green light, then changed their mind. Then made them legal the year after.

Because these things are not set in stone always. The FIA may give you a tentative "there's nothing 100% obviously illegal here" and then change their minds when other teams start protesting and giving their interpretation of the rules. Much of F1 is about teams policing each other's solutions. So clearing the FIA bar is just the first step of bringing a grey area part to the track.

Remember DAS? It flew.

This isn't a grey area. This follows the rules exactly to the letter as spelled. It's exactly the same interpretation as legality panels.

Intent should play no role in these questions, you make the ruleset correctly or you ban it the next year

DAS got banned. If they didn't have a problem with it they could've kept it for 2021. No matter, I can provide you a laundry list of TD changes that have come in-season too.

Anyways, I would like to see the FW in action, it looks aggressive. I'm more reacting to the usual narrative of "if it was cleared with the FIA it's good", and it's not always the case.

[Rikhart]

This is the most unique car on the grid and it looks like an actual racecar compared to last year's forward cockpit chassis.

Hope they can put on performance fast

What's unique about it? We have seen most of it in the past. There is nothing novel.

[Cs98]

FIA gave those the green light, then changed their mind. Then made them legal the year after.

Because these things are not set in stone always. The FIA may give you a tentative "there's nothing 100% obviously illegal here" and then change their minds when other teams start protesting and giving their interpretation of the rules. Much of F1 is about teams policing each other's solutions. So clearing the FIA bar is just the first step of bringing a grey area part to the track.

I don't see them in a period of cost caps, taking that risk, financially alone.

If you want to catch up you need to take risks. They may have a plan B, this may be perfectly legal, it may be a diversion. We'll see.

[Cs98]

This is the most unique car on the grid and it looks like an actual racecar compared to last year's forward cockpit chassis.

Hope they can put on performance fast

What's unique about it? We have seen most of it in the past. There is nothing novel.

The FW is novel, other than that it's quite reminiscient of cars we've already seen be launched.

[chrisc90]

Instagram post of Russel leaving the garage

[FDD]

This is the most interesting front wing ive seen of all the 2024 cars, only thing that remotely similar is the 2023 alpine

Front wing reminds me of the 2023 Alfa Romeo

https://storage.googleapis.com/the-race ... -aus-1.jpg

The first thing I thought of.

[atanatizante]

source: Motorsportcom Italia